Tesla's sales plummet across Europe

Congratulations Germany, you did well.

Tesla sales are down 59% for January Year Over Year, and EV sales are up 50% for January also compare to last year. And the marketshare is stated to have dropped from 14% to 4%. That means that Tesla marketshare dropped a whopping 73% !!!
Looking from the other side, it means that Tesla only has just above a fourth (27%) marketshare left, declining almost 3 fourths in JUST ONE YEAR!!! That's absolutely insane and normally unheard of losses for a major brand.

one factor behind Tesla’s sales decline in Germany could be that consumers were waiting for the upgraded Y model

I seriously doubt the new model will make much difference, it may help Tesla a little, but the truth is Tesla aren't really better than the competition anymore, facelift or not. Here in Denmark VW group thoroughly beat Tesla on EV sales for the year 2024. So no doubt Tesla is already in steep decline in many places. From what we know right now, sales of Tesla are in steep decline in Germany, France, Norway and Denmark.

Only UK is known to have only moderate decline, but they probably think it's independence for UK to buy Tesla, because fuck Europe for some reason???

It’s more likely to be political apathy with the Brits. Most of us don’t seem to get and/or bother about politics…also only around 25% of the country were dense enough to vote for Brexit.
- Yeah you are probably right, as the saying goes: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
  But then again, Brexit was mostly about xenophobia, which is both.
  So I suspect it's more that the 2 go together.
Only UK is known to have only moderate decline, but they probably think it's independence for UK to buy Tesla, because fuck Europe for some reason???
That's a strange comment to make and I doubt it has anything to do with the EU.
Any UK EV car review I watch, the Tesla comes out on top. The issue with EV's is public charging and Tesla's charging network is a big reason people go with Tesla's. They also tend to have the longest range and retain their value longer. Company cars are also favouring EV's to make themselves look better and once again the Tesla is the recommended vehicle by the leasing company. Why? Because of the charging network.
The other obvious one is the UK public consumes a lot of US media and social media and therefore is now heavily influenced by the US.
- Charging is not a problem for non Tesla cars in UK, you just need to be registered with about 7 apps on your phone. 😜
  Here Tesla is no longer reviewed as a top car, except the price/range ratio is very good with model 3.
  2 of the top reviewed in 2024 are the new KIA E3 and Renault Scenic Etech. But that is not at all reflected in sales for some reason.
  For many reviewers the Skoda Enyaq 80 iV. was the shit a few of years ago, and it is still almost universally praised, and the newer Enyaq 85 is even better. I don't see Tesla having anything even close.
  If I had more money, I'd be looking at the BMW i4.
  Tesla cars are flawed safety wise by design, and have documented poor safety. I'm not sure they should even be legal here!!!
Only UK is known to have only moderate decline, but they probably think it's independence for UK to buy Tesla, because fuck Europe for some reason???
UK Tesla sales are starting from a much lower base. Sales in the UK were essentially half of what they were in Germany before the recent decline.
BYD is now the largest EV brand by sales in the UK, ahead of Tesla. Whereas in Germany Tesla is still the leading manufacturer, even after the drop.
Also, the UK EV market in general grew last year, whereas sales of EVs across all brands declined in Germany over the same period
- in Germany Tesla is still the leading manufacturer, even after the drop.
  I seriously doubt that, because here in Denmark pure VW ALONE beat Tesla on EV sales, and VW group absolutely trounces Tesla.
  VW group = VW + Audi + Skoda + Cupra (SEAT)+ Porsche.
  Generally you don't lose almost three quarters of your marketshare to others and remain on top. That's the number for January!
  I found a stat for 2024 EV sales in Germany:
  https://www.best-selling-cars.com/germany/2024-full-year-germany-best-selling-electric-cars-by-brand-and-model/
  So as you can see, it's the same in Germany as in Denmark, Tesla is not even close to #1 for 2024, they aren't even 2nd. BMW passed them too.
  If you consider VW group against Tesla, they have more than 3.5 times as big marketshare in EV now!! With 35.3% against Tesla with 9.9%.
  This is for 2024, and 2025 is already much much worse, and everything points to Tesla declining even further this year.
  Tesla is down to 6th place in Denmark for January!!!

I hope Tesla completely collapses. Will enjoy seeing Musks wealth and influence fade

I fear he is now in position to force goverment to buy his shit cars. Cybertrucks for cops etc.
- He is, otherwise he will get funds in some way or another. Rich people can't become poor today.
- That would be amazing. Cybertruck cops? They'll be letting everyone go when the trucks breaks down.
- I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, the US replacing huge fleets of gas vehicles with electric and building out all the attendant infrastructure would be a huge climate win.
- Yeah probably, but if this forces Tesla to close all factories outside America.
Lol it was like this with Twitter and Kamala. You guys live in a bubble m this isn't the real world.
Twitter didn't collapse and Kamala lost.
- The real world is seeing Tesla sales nosedive. Did you read the primary article? 🤔

A lot of them probably remember what appeasing Nazis leads to and don’t want to fund their own antagonist.

There are very few that remember left, You have to be 90 years old to remember WW2.
But many of us learned about Fascism and Nazism in public school, and we have seen the historic very clear evidence of how evil it is.
- I can't go anywhere without seeing a few memorials of world war 2. They're everywhere so we wouldn't forget.

Those cars are crap anyways people should have stopped buying them for that reason alone years ago

Absolutely, they've been praised for best range for the price, but the cars are crap, with 30% failing 4 year safety check in Denmark.
They also have a number of issues, on how functions are handled, both essential and non essential, that I personally suspect is the reason they have the worst accident record of all brands. Blinker on the steering wheel instead of on a stick, is OK in maybe 95% of the situations you need to use them, but the remaining 5% it's awkward and distracting, and maybe people completely fail to use them correctly.
So yes they are crap, in part because Tesla ignores safety or is even ignorant about why things are done like they are. And this is shown blatantly clear with the 4 years safety check here in Denmark. No other brand is even close to being as bad as Tesla.

Great... US cars finance a Nazi supporter and Chinese cars are spy machines on wheels... Maybe, German cars are superior in the end...

Volkswagen got slapped on the wrists due to gaming pollution tests. Mercedes paywalls functions behind a subscription. I think a bike is your best option
- I thought about this the other day, i would highly assume all car manufacturers are bad in one way or another. Or mega corporations in general. VW faked their pollution tests for example and there is no way to sugar-coat it. But what they do is tomake their cars look better than they are to increase profits, like every other manufacturer as well. Like no tesla ever goes as far as they say they go with a charge. By buying tesla, you are supporting some nazi cunt, which can't be said for any other car company.
VW group is leading in Denmark now on EV, and is now almost twice as big on EV sales as Tesla!!
But the laugh gets better if you read on.
Because Skoda and Audi are closing in too, only 10-15% behind Tesla, and those are also owned by VW, and then just to cement their dominance, they also have Cupra with about half the sales of Tesla, and just for shit and giggles, they also have Porsche, which is the only luxury brand on the EV list besides Mercedes.
For January Model Y has dropped from being #1 sold model to 6th place!!! With WV group having 4 models that are more popular than Model Y!!
Model 3 is way down the list, so it's not just people waiting for the new model Y. Tesla sales are plummeting for real.
- This is good news overall but Denmark is just a population of 6 million. Let's hope the trend continues elsewhere
- I'd kinda like to get a VW, but jeez they are boring as cars. Boring is sometimes good in traffic of course, but a difficult thing when trying to make up your mind at the dealership.
Correction: Android and apple carplay are just as worse, maybe even more so.
If you're not American it doesnt really matter. Your data in china or your data in the US. Both are bad, m'kay?
- Android and apple Carplay aren't funding Musk and all the shitty, shitty things he's doing.
- How is CarPlay just as bad? Apple said they’re not interested in your data or selling it and even anonymize the maps searches through their differential privacy method.
I just had a comparison between Musk and Henry Ford pop up.
And a thought, that enshittification doesn't hurt us, them too.
Such people then were capable of organizing efficient mass production with the capital. Now Tesla exists because of SpaceX PR success.
Musk is not that dumber than Ford.
The majority didn't agree that everyone has critical flaws, that was going on for half a century, thus a society for perfect people was built. Everyone has critical flaws and everything has. Difference between programs and laws of 1950 and now is similar, but not computers and humans.
Hence libertarianism, with nested, parallel and relative legal systems.